In recent years, the intellectual capital reporting in higher education institutions has been acquiring progressive importance worldwide. Intellectual capital approaches becomes critical at universities, mainly due to the fact that knowledge is the main output as well as input in these institutions. Universities produce knowledge, either through scientific and technical research (the results of...

The current study applies a relationship marketing approach to examine how universities use Twitter to communicate with their audiences. To explore social media strategies related to top-ranked universities’ Twitter activity, Kotler’s (1992) model of five levels of relationship building was refined and operationalized. A content analysis of 1375 tweets distributed by 22 universities was conduct...

As universities have entered a time of increased demand for public outreach and measurable impact, the universities are also exploring social media for student recruitment and science communication. Because many of the popular social media sites are free to use they could provide more democratic channels for organizational communication and marketing efforts. This research in progress investiga...

This paper investigated entry qualifications as predictor of success in final year bachelor of education degree in universities in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria. As an ex-post facto research, the study population comprised all the 4 universities in the 2 States. Out of this, 2 universities were selected for the study. The method of selection was by purposive sampling technique. An inventory wa...

BACKGROUND Websites as one of the initial steps towards an e-government adoption do facilitate delivery of online and customer-oriented services. In this study we intended to investigate the role of the websites of medical universities in providing educational and research services following the E-government maturity model in the Iranian universities. METHODS This descriptive and cross- secti...

In contrast to previous studies on the economic impact of universities that focus on the demand side, this study centres on universities’ effects on the supply side of the economy. Through a case study of the Spanish University System, this paper proposes a methodology based on counterfactual scenarios and growth accounting to estimate the long-term impacts of universities on their regional eco...

© 2008 Isaiah T. Awidi While technology has enabled online education in many countries, the same cannot be said for African public universities. Universities in Ghana have made some progress in building networking infrastructure and acquiring computers, but integrating technology into the teaching and learning process has been a challenge. Instructional delivery remains largely instructorled, w...

Assessment of research activity in universities is of growing interest across Europe, and internationally. In this paper the term universities will be used as shorthand for all higher education institutions. The global league tables of the Times QS World University Ranking and Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities are studied, debated and publicised annually. At national lev...

Iran universities of medical sciences have experienced a period of expansion in past decades. Now previous concerns are alleviated, and the former quantity-based policy has given a way to a more quality-seeking attitude. In this study, we developed a planning model for expansion and stagnation of higher education in Iranian universities of medical sciences based on workforce requirements of the...

Over the last 30 years, the Chilean government deregulated the higher education market. As a result, universities massively expanded their network of campuses, which intensified the competition between institutions and rapidly increased enrollment. In 1990, most Chilean universities were public, and concentrated their activity around one region. Over the following 20 years, the number of privat...